Ankita Saxena

1 month ago | thecityfix.com | Kanika Gounder |Kaustubh Chuke |Ankita Saxena

India’s urban centers are grappling with a severe air pollution crisis that poses a significant threat to public health and urban livability. Studies suggest that each year, Delhi records approximately 12,000 air pollution-related deaths, accounting for 11.5% of its total fatalities. Despite what heavy-pollution, stagnant winter months might suggest, Delhi’s air quality crisis is not a temporary inconvenience; it is a year-round, systemic challenge.

Feb 6, 2025 | wri-india.org | Kanika Gounder |Kaustubh Chuke |Ankita Saxena

India's urban centers are grappling with a severe air pollution crisis that poses a significant threat to public health and urban livability. Studies suggest that each year, Delhi records approximately 12,000 air pollution-related deaths, accounting for 11.5% of its total fatalities. Delhi's air quality crisis is not a temporary inconvenience, despite what the heavy-pollution winter months might suggest. It is a year-round, systemic challenge.

Jan 20, 2025 | cell.com | Alexander R. Goldberg |Athanassios Dovas |Daniela Torres |Brianna Pereira |Ashwin Viswanathan |Sohani Das Sharma | +33 more

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Oct 11, 2024 | nature.com | Ankita Saxena |Calum Brown |Almut Arneth |Mark Rounsevell

Future changes in solar radiation and rising temperatures will likely reduce global solar photovoltaic potential, but advancing photovoltaic technologies could counteract these effects. We investigate the potential of photovoltaic to satisfy energy demands given climate change and technological development. We find that conventional photovoltaic will require 0.5 to 1.2% of global land area to meet projected energy demands by 2085 without accounting for climate change effects. When considering climate impacts, this requirement increases to 0.7–1.5% of the global land area. However, utilising advanced photovoltaic technologies can reduce this area to 0.3–1.2%, effectively mitigating climate impacts. Regional climate change impacts vary substantially, resulting in photovoltaic potential decreases of up to 3% in Latin America and the Caribbean, and by up to 8% in South Asia. Our results suggest that technology-driven increases in future global photovoltaic energy production can more than compensate for the climate related reductions. Advanced photovoltaic technologies require less land to meet energy demand by 2085 than conventional technologies and effectively mitigate climate change impacts, according to an analysis that combines data from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project, climate scenarios, and energy demand data.

Jul 10, 2024 | socialfinance.org.uk | Ankita Saxena

​The new Labour government has promised a “skills revolution”, supported by greater devolution of skills and employment funding. They have also set a mission to break down barriers to opportunity and kickstart economic growth. This will only be possible by ensuring high quality skills and employment opportunities are available to local residents.